Advances in the mechanical modeling of filamentous actin and its cross-linked networks on multiple scales

Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1155-1174

  Unterberger, Michael J ^a   Holzapfel, Gerhard A ^a  

^a GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Actin; Continuum mechanics; Mikado model; Molecular dynamics; Networks

Indexed keywords

CONTINUUM MECHANICS; MOLECULES; PROTEINS;

ACTIN; CROSSLINKED NETWORKS; CYTOSKELETONS; HIERARCHICAL STRUCTURES; LARGE SYSTEM; MECHANICAL MODELING; MIKADO MODEL; MULTIPLE SCALE; NETWORK; SINGLE MOLECULE;

MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

ACTIN; CROSS LINKING REAGENT;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM;

ACTIN CYTOSKELETON; ACTINS; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84919425858     PISSN: 16177959     EISSN: 16177940     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10237-014-0578-4     Document Type: Article

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